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20 Years before Alzheimer symptoms show.
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According to current understanding, Alzheimer’s disease develops slowly and it may take up to 20 years before the first obvious symptoms occur. With the development of early diagnostics of the disease, the question of which treatments to offer to completely healthy people with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s becomes of key importance in the field of medicine. Various dietary treatments seem a promising alternative.
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Did we find an effective Alzheimer drug?
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Unfortunately not. Here the sad story about another two drugs that have failed in the trials.
Both bapineuzumab and solanezumab did not improve patients’ ability to think and solve problems, according to findings published in the Jan. 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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The Alzheimer conundrum
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Here is an excerpt that highlights a new book that has been published, challenging lots of common thinking about Alzheimer.
The Alzheimer Conundrum is a gem for young scientists and medical students, and it will challenge them to step back from traditional models, standardised diagnostic procedures and disease specificity to adopt a broader philosophical approach: when is a disease not a disease? When is pathology normal and when does a natural entity become pathological? Lock draws her evidence from detailed scrutiny of the literature, coupled with interviews of researchers of renown in this field and from many disciplines. Although the book is well written, it will be best suited to scholars familiar with biological taxonomy: terms such as “cleavage”, “syndrome”, “precursor protein” and “dendrite” are used assuming that the reader requires no explanation.
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At home testing of Alzheimer
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The Ohio state university has developed a test that you can easily do at home. The results will show you if there are reasons for concern about cognitive decline.
Lets all do this and be prepared!
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Alzheimer? There’s an app for that
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Pfizer is working on a project, together with a software development company, to develop a game that could eventually be used as a clinical tool to determine early signs of Alzheimer’s or other neurodegenerative diseases.
Pfizer will do a clinical trial to see if it detects Alzheimer symptoms in an early stage
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